combing

1. p. pr. & vb. n. of Comb Source: opted

2. n. The act or process of using a comb or a number of combs; as, the combing of one's hair; the combing of wool. Source: opted

3. n. That which is caught or collected with a comb, as loose, tangled hair. Source: opted

4. n. Hair arranged to be worn on the head. Source: opted

5. n. See Coamings. Source: opted

6. n. the act of drawing a comb through hair Source: wordnet

7. 1. The act or process of using a comb or a number of combs; as, the combing of one's hair; the combing of wool. Note: The process of combing is used in straightening wool of long staple; short wool is carded. 2. pl. (a) That which is caught or collected with a comb, as loose, tangled hair. (b) Hair arranged to be worn on the head. The baldness, thinness, and . . . deformity of their hair is supplied by borders and combings. Jer. Taylor. (c) (Naut.) See Coamings. Combing machine (Textile Manuf.), a machine for combing wool, flax, cotton, etc., and separating the longer and more valuable fiber from the shorter. See also Carding machine, under Carding. Source: webster

8. See Coamings. Combing machine (Textile Manuf.), a machine forcombing wool, flax, cotton, etc., and separating the longer and morevaluable fiber from the shorter. See also Carding machine, underCarding. Source: adambom

9. n:100 n the act of drawing a comb through hair v straighten with a comb v search thoroughly v smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb Source: ecdict

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